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What could "does > not allow" mean when the value is nil? > IOW, I don't see why would we need to spoon-feed the user in this > case. The meaning of nil is crystal clear to me. That you can't visit a directory is one thing. That trying to do that raises an error is a different thing. Another possible behavior that doesn't visit a directory is to do nothing. A third is to show a message, without raising an error. Not being able to do something is not the same as having an error raised if you try to do it.